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• Judy J. Johnson, PhD, has been a tenured faculty member in the Department of Psychology, Mount Royal University, since 1987. Her ongoing research on dogmatism expands on her MSc thesis (University of Calgary) and PhD dissertation (Walden University,...More

  Judy J. Johnson, PhD, has been a tenured faculty member in the Department of Psychology, Mount Royal University, since 1987. Her ongoing research on dogmatism expands on her MSc thesis (University of Calgary) and PhD dissertation (Walden University, Minneapolis, Minnesota), that investigated the nature and measurement of dogmatism. Dr. Johnson is a registered clinical psychologist (College of Alberta Psychologists). In 1999, she completed a Fellowship at the Albert Ellis Institute in New York, which specializes in Rational-Emotive Behavior Therapy. She was formerly the supervisor of an out-patient therapy program at the Holy Cross Hospital, Calgary, AB. In various contracts with Mount Royal University, Dr. Johnson has taught psychology courses to students in Gaza, Israel, during the summers of 1990 and 1991, to native women on the Sarcee Reserve (outside Calgary), to prison inmates at the Drumheller and Lethbridge correctional institutions, and to Correctional Officers at the federal penitentiary in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan. A recipient of Mount Royal University's Distinguished Teaching Award, Judy Johnson has presented seminars on dogmatism to academic communities (International Conference on Teaching Psychology, Kwantlen University, Vancouver, B.C., Medicine Hat College, Alberta, and the Alberta Colleges and Faculties Associations, Banff, Alberta). She has also given several presentations on dogmatism to the general public. Her book, "What's So Wrong with Being Absolutely Right: The Dangerous Nature of Dogmatic Belief," was published by Prometheus Books, New York, 2009. Less

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